The Gospels across their earliest witnesses, and the tradition they carried forward
Hover any Greek or Syriac word for phonetic transliteration.
Six manuscript witness columns span the table; their descent flows into the timeline below.
| Greek Papyri | Alexandrian | Western | Latin | Syriac | Byzantine | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Earliest Papyri c. 125–250 CE · Greek TAGNT | Vaticanus c. 325 CE · Greek TAGNT | Bezae c. 400 CE · Greek Latin | Vulgate c. 400 CE · Latin Whitaker | Peshitta c. 400–450 CE · Syriac PayneSmith | Byzantine c. 5th–9th c. · Greek TAGNT | ||||||||||||
| — | Καὶ | And | και | | | adpraehenderit | Et | And | ܘܥܢܐ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | ἀπεκρίθη | answered | απεκριθη | | | ubicumque | respondens | answered | ܚܕ | answered | ἀποκριθεὶς | answered | ||||||
| — | αὐτῷ | Him | αυτω | | | eum | unus | Him | ܡܢ | Him | εἷς | Him | ||||||
| — | εἷς | one | εις | | | applontat | de | one | ܟܢܫܐ | one | ἐκ | one | ||||||
| — | ἐκ | out of | εκ | | | — | turba | out of | — | — | τοῦ | out of | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | the | του | | | illut | — | — | — | — | ὄχλου | the | ||||||
| — | ὄχλου | crowd | οχλου | | | et | dixit | crowd | ܘܐܡܪ | crowd | εἶπεν | crowd | ||||||
| — | εἶπεν· | said: | — | | | spumat | Magister | said: | ܡܠܦܢܐ | said: | Διδάσκαλε | said: | ||||||
| — | διδάσκαλε, | Teacher, | διδασκαλε | | | et | attuli | Teacher, | ܐܝܬܝܬ | Teacher, | ἤνεγκα | Teacher, | ||||||
| — | ἤνεγκα | I brought | ηνεγκα | | | stridet | filium | I brought | ܒܪܝ | I brought | τὸν | I brought | ||||||
| — | τὸν | the | τον | | | dentibus | — | — | — | — | υἱόν | the | ||||||
| — | υἱόν | son | ϋιον | | | et | meum | son | ܠܘܬܟ | son | μου | son | ||||||
| — | μου | of mine | μου | | | arescit | ad | of mine | ܕܐܝܬ | of mine | πρός | of mine | ||||||
| — | πρὸς | to | προς | | | et | te | to | — | — | σε | to | ||||||
| — | σὲ | You | σε | | | dixi | habentem | You | ܠܗ | You | ἔχοντα | You | ||||||
| — | ἔχοντα | having | εχοντα | | | discipulis | spiritum | having | ܪܘܚܐ | having | πνεῦμα | having | ||||||
| — | πνεῦμα | a spirit | πνα | | | tuis | mutum | a spirit | ܕܠܐ | a spirit | ἄλαλον | a spirit | ||||||
| — | ἄλαλον. | mute. | αλαλον | | | ut | — | — | ܡܡܠܠܐ | mute. | ἄλαλον. | mute. | ||||||
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